A woman shot several times by her estranged husband, before he killed himself, is on the road to recovery.

On Tuesday evening, WLWT spoke with Alisha Waters' brother about the health hurdles she's now clearing.

Although she is still listed in critical condition at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, her family said she's talking and hasn't lost her positive spirit and smile.

"She has no feeling in any of her legs or her right arm, but her left arm she actually has some feeling on the inside about 2 inches past her elbow -- which is great," said Kurt Russell, Waters' brother.

Waters was shot five times by her soon-to-be ex-husband.

Although she is facing one of the biggest battles of her life, her spirit has not broken and it's her smile that helps her family along the way.

"Alisha I'm so proud of you. You are an inspiration to a lot of people. I'm just so happy you can keep the same character that you've had before all of this," said Russell.

As for what put her in the hospital, they seldom talk about it.

"She looked back at me and she said, 'I'm not going to let him get the best of me,'" Russell said.

Now the focus is on her recovery and encouraging words shared on her Caring Bridge website.

"They just keep on coming," Rusell said. "They don't stop and it's just so inspirational for her and the rest of the family."